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Giancarlo Esposito portrays Gus Fring in both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Gustavo Fring is named after the former German international footballer Torsten Frings. [1]When Raymond Cruz was unable to continue as Tuco Salamanca in Breaking Bad 's second season due to his commitment to appear in The Closer, the Breaking Bad writers wrote Tuco out of the series and created the character of ...
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (Italian: [dʒaŋˈkarlo dʒuˈzɛppe alesˈsandro eˈspɔːzito]; born April 26, 1958) is an American actor.He is best known for portraying Gus Fring in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad, from 2009 to 2011, as well as in its prequel series Better Call Saul, from 2017 to 2022.
Los Pollos Hermanos was founded by Chilean nationals and business partners Gus Fring (played by Giancarlo Esposito) and Max Arciniega (James Martinez) in Mexico. [1] An apocryphal story as told in a fictional television commercial suggests that it was inspired by recipes cooked by Gus' uncles.
Esposito appeared as Gus Fring on 26 episodes of “Breaking Bad,” then reprised the role on the prequel series “Better Call Saul” for 34 episodes.
Director Johan Renck, Bob Odenkirk (as Saul Goodman) and Lavell Crawford (as Huell Babineaux) on the Breaking Bad set "Hermanos" was the first episode to delve into Gus Fring's backstory, although much remains unexplained about the character's past in Chile, which Gus seems anxious to keep concealed.
In adapting it for AMC, Esposito reached into his own personal history. “I recognized that situation, it rang true for me,” he said of his days before he landed the role of Gus Fring on ...
In a flashback, [a] methamphetamine manufacturer Gale Boetticher excitedly sets up equipment in an underground meth superlab for Gus Fring. Gale asks Gus about the blue meth being produced by chemist Walter White. Gus explains he has reservations about hiring Walt, but Gale insists Gus hire him because of his superior product.
In the present, Walt disposes of any evidence connecting him to Gus Fring's killing and Brock Cantillo's poisoning. Skyler White tries not to speak to Walt, explaining that she is now scared of him. Walt suddenly remembers the surveillance cameras that Gus installed in the superlab, and realizes that the footage Gus may have collected could ...